1) First-time Homebuyers Tax Credit extension passes the Senate – So of the dozens of posts on this subject why did I pick this one to highlight, first he got the facts right that it has not passed yet, still needs approval by the House and the President’s signature, but also because he included the text of the actual bill!
2) Of Gettysburg, open houses and tax credits – Tying in history of Gettysburg, pricing houses to high and open houses the way only PapaGrande can do.
3) Loan modifications, 5 things the Government is not doing but should – It is an interesting ready, interesting as in it amazes me that some people still think a lot more government intervention is a good thing. Isn’t it a large part of government’s fault for forcing lenders to loosen the purse strings that we are in this mess? #3 and #4 may have some merit, but 1, 2 and 5? I think it was Mark Twain who said “Thank God I don’t get all the government I pay for.”
4) Real estate iPhone apps gaining traction – When are people going to wake up and realize there are more Blackberry devices out there than iPhones. Give us our apps too.
5) Commercial real estate outlook: Between a rock and a hard place – Could things really be worse in the commercial side than residential over the next 5 years?
6) Escrow trenches: Nutty funding conditions – Oh so glad to see someone talking about one of my pet-peeves, the bizarre funding condition coming up at the last minute these days.
7) Better Homes and Gardens takes real estate iPhone Apps beyond listings – See #4, but really, this app sounds really interesting and would love to see it in action, can’t wait for it to come to the Blackberry, if it ever does.
8 ) The great unknown in buying foreclosure properties – While it makes some good points, buying a foreclosure is not as risky as it sounds. You still get the home inspection even though it is “as-is” just make sure you get yourself an agent who has worked a lot of foreclosure deals this year to help guide you through the process.
9) Happy sandwich day (and some stuff about the escrow process) – Some of this stuff is California specific, but most of it will give you a good idea about the escrow process.
10) Ian Watt speaking at Tom Ferry’s Realtor even in San Diego – The man, the myth the legend.
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re: #3 – If I bought a stock that didn’t go up in value, could I get this guy to pay my loss?
Just curious…
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Here is the question I had… if you have them do a princ reduction, if they hang onto the house for 10 years and make $200k, do they have to pay the reduction back? I would hope so… and the idea of the govt saying “you have to take a loss” is just scary
“4) Real estate iPhone apps gaining traction – When are people going to wake up and realize there are more Blackberry devices out there than iPhones. Give us our apps too.”
…most people only use blackberry for email and not web browsing. As long as iPhone dominates the time spent browsing the web via mobile device, developers will focus on that first. Last month iPhone users comprised 48% of all mobile web traffic, not even close to blackberry with only 14% share. Of course the new android based phones as well as better blackberry based hardware will soon change that ratio. The iPhone is simply enjoying a first mover advantage with the smart phone market, much like the blackberry did (and still does) for email. Don’t take my word for it, here is the latest mobile stats report from admob: http://metrics.admob.com/2009/10/september-2009-mobile-metrics-report/.
Chad, that is actually really great info and I appreciate it… i guess the question could be asked if we had some better apps to use would that number increase a lot? I know I spend a lot of time on my apps on my blackberry, just not as many to choose from